Self-driving Vehicles – who is responsible if you have an...
Self-driving Vehicles – who is responsible if you have an accident? The age of ‘driverless’ cars is nearly upon us. Funnily enough, it’s internet giant...
Bonfire Night parties – how to avoid some legal fireworks
Remember, remember, the fifth of November… Every year it’s impossible not to remember the (allegedly) treasonous acts of a group of men as they planned...
Paul Grimwood
Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionChallenging times: what happens when a family member is cut...
High profile inheritance disputes follow celebrities and the super-rich as surely as night follows day, but such challenges are becoming increasingly common, whatever the values...
Paul Grimwood
Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionInheritance Act Claims – an application delayed is often an...
Following a death, it is possible for a claim to be made against the deceased’s estate on the basis that the distribution of their estate...
Paul Grimwood
Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionProblems with Airbnb-style lettings
On 6 June 2018 Simon Wood, a barrister in the Hart Brown Dispute Resolution department, presented a paper at the RICS Regional Conference for the...
Simon Wood
Barrister, Dispute ResolutionMediation delayed is not mediation denied
In a case decided earlier this year the claimants made a claim against Channel 5 for damages for misuse of private information in respect of...
Paul Grimwood
Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionPutting on the brakes: decelerating the accelerated possession procedure
On 6 June 2018 Simon Wood, a barrister in the Hart Brown Dispute Resolution department, presented a paper at the RICS Regional Conference for the...
Simon Wood
Barrister, Dispute ResolutionYou should have sued us just around midnight!
When a cause of action arises during the course of a day, e.g. the occurrence of a car accident, that day is disregarded for limitation...
Paul Grimwood
Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionOn the one hand…on the other hand…
Lawyers, other than those at Hart Brown of course, are not infrequently criticised for sitting on the fence in terms of giving legal advice. Bearing...
Paul Grimwood
Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionDon’t knock on wood
Flat-owners should be very wary of dispensing with their carpets as a recent case decided in the Central London County Court illustrates. Mrs Fouladi sued...